something to keep in mind. that is wrap on news watch. thanks to our panel. i'm jon scott. thanks for watching. keep it right here on fox news channel. >> gregg: this is a fox news alert on edward snowden, pulling another surprise, emerging from his hiding spot from hong kong and traveling to russia. hello, i'll gregg jarrett. welcome to a brand-new hour. >> heather: i'm heather childers. thank you for joining us. russia state media reports that snowden is in moscow, one day after the u.s. government launched an urgent effort to extradite the nsa leaker from hong kong. snowden is wanted for stealing and then revealing details on highly classified programs but destination, ecuadoris may be his next stop as we

are getting word that the south american country has received a request for aside illuminate. >> gregg: steve is what is the -- asylum. >> and reporters were at the airport and did not get a glimpse of snowden. he stopped in moscow en route to south america and staying in a hotel in the transit area without officially entering that country. they have been helping snowden issued a statement. they say he is bound for the republic of ecuador. he is being escorted by diplomats and legal advisors from wikileaks. some u.s. lawmakers are hoping the fugitive will get caught. >> i want to get him caught and brought back for trial. i think we need to know exactly what he has. he could have a lot more.

it may really put people in jeopardy. i don't know, but i think the chase is on. >> reporter: ecuador foreign minister that he did request political asylum in ecuador. >> gregg: does he have support in washington? >> there are not a lot of support but some think the spy investigation is going too far. some give them the benefit of the doubt. listen. >> i do think when history look at they are going to contrast the behavior of james clamor with edward snowden. mr. clapper lied in congress and defiance of law in the name of security. mr. snowden told the truth in the name of privacy. >> reporter: source familiar with the case tells fox news snowden's u.s. passport has been revoked because of the

felony arrest warrant against him. state department said such a person, quote, should not be allowed to proceed in any further international travel other than is necessary to return him to the u.s.. >> gregg: i'm not sure the russians follow that sort protocol, but we'll wait and see. steve centanni, thanks very much. it's been a busy month for snowden going from obscurity. on june 6th guardian push luscious his first story based on information allegedly obtained from snowden showing how the federal government is gathering verizon telephone records. three days later snowden sits down for a taped interview with the guardian saying that he is the guy who leaked the information about the nsa surveillance programs to show what he considered to be government wrongdoing or misconduct. on friday the department of justice charged him with

espionage and theft of government property on the heels of that u.s. officials asked hong kong to extradite snowden. that brings us to the fast moving developments of today and the unknown final destination of edward snowden. snowden's exit from hong kong raising questions including the viability of our extradition treaty with the former british colony. we'll debate it a little bit later on in the newscast. >> heather: fox news alert. former south african president nelson mandela taking a turn for the worse over the last 24 hours. we have received word that he now listed in critical condition. the president releasing a statement that the doctors are doing everything possible to get his condition to improve.

94-year-old anti-apartheid icon has a recurring lung infection. we will continue to monitor this and bring you any new developments as we get them. a major immigration reform bill making its way through the ka capitol hill this week. senate hoping to approve the legislation before the 4th of july holiday and key test vote is coming up tomorrow. peter doocy has more from washington? >> republicans are split in the senate about whether or not comprehensive immigration reform is good for the country. latest amendment to the bill would add about $40 billion in new border enforcement but senator mike lee thinks the bill which would provide a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants tries to do too much at once. >> they promised us illegal immigration would be a thing of the past. it won't. cbo told us this week ten years from now we have 6-8

million illegal immigrants in the country. >> reporter: still he thinks the bill will pass the senate and likely have the support of his republican colleague lindsey graham who said it could be great for their party's future. >> i want to get reattached to the hispanic community, pass comprehensive immigration reform and grow this party. party has to be bigger utah and south carolina. hispanic community is very close to our values but we have driven them away. >> reporter: one prominent democratic takes issue to the finer points but still has value. >> it is not the bill that i have written but a compromise between democrats and republicans that fix our broken immigration system. big loser, if we don't get immigration reform done is america. >> reporter: tomorrow at 5:30 p.m. here in d.c., senate is scheduled to hold a vote on whether or not to continue to debate on this immigration bill. that could mean a final vote later this week. >> heather: thank you.

coming up later, even if this bill squeaks by the senate, does it stand a shot in republican controlled house? we will have a fair and balanced debate. >> gregg: anti-government protests in turkey turning violent once again what had been a rather quiet week. police in riot gear firing tear gas at hundreds of protestors trying to break up the mobs returning to istanbul's central square. conor powell joins us. >> reporter: the prime minister defended his government today in response to the continued protests that have rocked turkey for the last three weeks or so. at one point during the rally ridiculing the opposition to taking to the streets. after a week of calm, police and opposition groups continued to protest across the country. there were thousands of anti-government protestors in the square.

they used far more brutal force, firing tear gas and rubber bullets and even using batons to beat back protestors. it erupted in other cities including the capital. protestors begin to take to the streets two weeks ago after police cracked down on peaceful environmental activists but the heavy tactics trying to calm the situation as demonstrations turned into anger at prime minister and government. young secular protestors say the president is anti-democratic and forcing islam on the entire country. since the beginning he has dismissed the protestors even suggesting that past few days they are part of a foreign element trying to bring down his government. despite talks in recent days about efforts trying to negotiate and hold a conference to work out some of their problems, neither side looks anywhere close to backing down during all of this.

>> gregg: conor powell, thanks very much. >> heather: the family of the only known u.s. prisoner of war speaking out as a taliban prisoner swap sits on the table. 2,000 people showed up for a rally in idaho to support army sergeant. the 27-year-old was taken hostage in 2009. earlier this week his taliban captors want five high ranking members from the guantanamo bay in exchange for his release. take a listen to the family. >> we support his return home. i love you my son as i have. >> our faith, continue to tell the truth and above all it can only come from god.

>> the u.s. was expected to discuss the terms of his possible release in up coming peace talks with the taliban but it's unclear whether the terror group will follow through with the meetings. we'll keep you posted. >> gregg: well, did you see it? the best lunar show in the solar system, it's called a super moon. you can catch it lighting up the sky in the early mornings. these images capturing it full moon shining bigger and brighter as it makes the closest swing by earth this year. meteorologist janice dean in fox weather center. it is 12% larger and 30% brighter. i saw it was huge? >> are your girls interested in astronomy? >> gregg: absolutely, they love it? >> it's not a perfect circle so once in a while

the moon gets a little close to the earth. because we're coincide wag full moon it's enhanced. it appears larger. it's brighter brighter. average distance is 238,000 miles. with our super moon it sits around 21,000 miles. as gregg mentioned. closest swing was this morning. we're going to see the effects tonight into tuesday it will appear bigger and brighter. very cool this evening. you should have a very nice view unless you see some storms on the horizon. the view could be a little obscured. potential for storms. we have a big system moving into the west that could bring record rainfall across the west. we'll watch that and the threat for more heavy rain, potential for severe weather including hail, damaging winds and isolated tornadoes, flash flooding

is a concern because this area has seen close to a foot of rain in the last couple of days. any more rain and we'll be dealing with a dire situation with over a foot or more of rainfall. tomorrow we're going to deal with the same areas getting hail, perhaps wind and isolated tornadoes that we'll keep you up to date on that. and wildfires, two dozen fires burning over the southwest. red flag warnings remain in effect today and today tomorrow. one in prescott, arizona, we are dealing with very dry conditions and gusty winds through monday. fire weather danger in this area. a lot of weather to talk about and big super moon. >> gregg: 222,000 miles away but that is closest orbited. >> so far this year. and actually closer than last year so it's a big deal. >> gregg: let's hope it doesn't crash.

just kidding, of course. [ laughter ] >> gregg: that would be something if it did. >> that would be it. >> heather: coming up, we're learning how many workers it will take to implement president obama's healthcare law and how americans feel about it, how they feel about health reform versus obamacare. >> gregg: we are tracking a tense situation in colorado where firefighters are battling this massive wildfire threatening a bustling resort town. we'll give you the latest on the ground there. >> heather: we take a look at how folks in ohio are remembering the victims of a horrific air show that ended in this, a fiery crash. >> the people and short time i met them, i wish i could have been friends of them for the rest of my life. they are such fun loving people.

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♪ ♪ >> heather: time for a quick check of the headlines, ohio air show

reopening with a moment of silence one day after a pilot and stunt woman were killed in a fiery crash. cause of the accident is unclear and investigation by the ntsb could take months. after billy contrast tal hoping to rebuild his town in long beach, new york which was heavily damaged. his family donated $112,000. and release of the winner of 2013 boston may be thon giving his medal to the city to honor the victims of that day's bombing. he presented a prize to the mayor. first race held since the april 15th attack. >> gregg: new details today on president obama's healthcare law as reuters reports some tens of thousands of workers are being recruited to help the states to help set up their

exchange insurance programs. as we learn more about how americans feel.kaiser family fo, 73% of democrats responded favorably to the term obamacare. 86% of republicans were turned off by that word, which by the way, president likes. health reform law, smaller democrats respond favorably. what is in a word or a name? brenda but the nesh is a senior correspondent. anchor of "bulls and bears" and i think the more important number negative view of obamacare continues to outpace any positives. it's 43 to 35. let me show you this poll up on the screen. more people think the country will be worse off under obamacare. 40% to 31% and that number keeps growing. brenda, why such hostility

toward what is essentially the president's signature achievement? >> it's no wonder we are seeing health care premiums go up, health care plans be cut far in advance of obamacare. people may not be able to get their doctor. businesses are cutting workers' hours so they can get around having to provide healthcare. so the quality of healthcare and the access to healthcare may be severely compromised. >> gregg: daniel kessler highly regarded and expert in this field did a study comparing the current rates with obamacare rates that are going to happen very shortly. he found premiums on state exchanges will be much higher than analogous plans sold today. california person in san francisco is going to pay 62% more per month. an oregon male living in portland pays 78% more and young healthy workers in

missouri, 89% more. indiana you are going to pay 91% more. in nevada, you are going to pay 101% more if you are healthy young worker. what happened to the promise the president that this is going to lower costs? >> clearly costs containment will not be a result of this. it will take 2.7 million young healthy americans signing up for this these exchanges to make it close to being financially solvent. basically you have to have uninsured americans sign up or they pay penalties. there are huge costs from this. >> gregg: even prominent democrats are tracking obamacare lately. senator max balk us called it a train wreck. jay rockerfeller says it's beyond comprehension. the cbo is projecting three million people will lose

their coverage. 6 million will have to pay the tax penalty even with the subsidies? >> it's go it's young healthy americans that will get hit the most. they would be least likely to buy expensive coverage because they don't need it. they have the highest unemployment rate. >> gregg: you said something interesting. because higher premiums and tax penalties are going to cause employers to reduce wages, does that mean "a" some people are going to lose their jobs, "b" some people are going to lose their incomes and "c" that has an negative impact on economic growth? >> their premiums are higher. many will not have health insurance and have to sign up for health care exchanges because workers have cut hours. 80% of small businesses is saying that they are going to have change their plan

because of obamacare. >> gregg: half of seniors are going to lose medicare advantage. i saw mckenzie report one-third of employers may cancel their coverage outright for their workers. which is why daniel kessler the law professor at stanford wrote this. in total it appears there will be 30-40 million people damaged. put this up on the screen damaged in some fashion by the affordable care act. we're going to hear about innocent victims that saw their premiums skyrocket and doctors or hours cut with a faceless burr rock contrast administering the federal law. >> there is a huge negativity among their constituents. as more and more people turn against this. we haven't even seen it

happen. we don't have state exchanges set up. >> gregg: they have to start operating initially october 1st. >> they are supposed to. >> the 33 states that opt out and obama administration has given 2,000 waivers to companies that supported it. >> why? they are the ones that were behind it. very interesting. >> gregg: we'll wait to see what happens. brenda buttner, thanks very much. kach catch her on "bulls and bears" right here on the fox news channel. >> heather: coming up we are following breaking news on edward snowden's journey across the globe. where the contractor is expected to end up in his quest for asylum. >> gregg: we'll take a look at major immigration reform bill being taken up on capitol hill this week and chances of making it through both chambers of congress.

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colorado can't catch a break. the fire has burned more than 70,000 acres. it's showing no signs of slowing down. this fire is burning in southwest colorado where the conditions are dry and hot, lots of winds and majority of trees in the area have been killed by a beetle infestation they are much more likely to burn quickly. 500 firefighters are battling the blaze and national guard has been brought in. this is more than one of a dozen fires in colorado. so people in area they want to stay vigilant. >> one thing to keep in mind we do have very dry conditions, not only here but across the state. folks are urged to please pay takes to fire restrictions that are happening not only in your local areas but statewide. >> reporter: so far the fire hasn't burned any homes or structures but threatening several tourist

areas so authorities have been forced to evacuate about 1500 people in the area. no word on when they will be able to return. >> gregg: will, thanks very much zbleitdz immigration reform front and center this week on capitol hill. senate holding a test vote a provision for a bill that calls for strengthening border security. border surge is what it's called. it was introduced last week faces opposition from lawmakers but today on fox news sunday, lindsey graham and mike lee they urged their party to come together at least on the issue. >> the hispanic community is very close to our values. we have driven them away over this issue. let's fix this problem for the good of the country and good of the party and this bill does that. >> look, if we turn immigration reform into a political football everyone loses. we all know. that we learned that from the past. we don't want to learn that

hard way in the future. joining me is max and julie radinsky and former political advisor frank lautenberg a democratic from new jersey. thanks for joining us. the so-called border surge was introduced on thursday, includes 20,000 additional border agents, some 700 more miles of border fencing and it provides a year long shape for 11 million immigrants. it needs 70 votes to pass in the senate and then goes to the house. what are the chances? >> i think they are pretty good in the senate because i think they will get 70 votes and they need 60 to pass. we're probably going to get ten more than that. that is good sign. it will make it hard for republicans in the house. question is does the speaker of the house

whether he can pass this bill with the votes and republicans votes to complement that. hastert rule any bill in the house should pass a republican majority. i am not sure they will be able to accomplish that. this is something democrats put together in the house and speaker needs to get enough votes in order for it to be law. >> heather: what do you think what the chances? >> i think the chances in the senate of not only passing this amendment but the overall bill are pretty good. getting over 70 votes on a final bill would be spectacular. then it has to go to the house. one thing you have to remember, republicans run the house, democrats run the senate. that is how the process works. the bill has to get more conservative. we are going to have vigorous guest worker programs which the unions don't like. we're going to 6 even more

vigorous border enforcement which some people on the left don't like. the chairman of the judiciary committee is going to start a process by which the house comes up with its product or products in smaller rifle shot bills. hopefully the house and senate will come together and hammer out a bill. the idea that the senate bill is going to be the bill and house has to roll over is simply wrong. >> heather: senator mike lee, i was listening to him earlier and you heard him speak, he said there is too much in it. we need to take it apart piece by piece. senators didn't file their amendment by friday. he wants to vote on monday. it is 200 pages long. is that enough -- 1200 pages long. >> that is why they get paid the big bucks.

i know when i worked in senate. this is what staff does. they go through the bill and see what they like or don't like and vote on it or not vote out. at the end of the day, i think the republican party understands the leadership of the republican party understands and graham said it on fox news sunday, if they don't do this, if there is no immigration bill, does the for the president to sign into law, they will continue to lose the hispanic community and national elections. the smart republicans know it and they want to do something about it. >> heather: matt, i want to ask you about this. ted crews, he says this amounts to amnesty. take a listen to him. >> washington is very, very good at kabuki theater. a great many things in this town are stage managed. from the outset in my

opinion, it was clear that the managers of this bill were going to near the end of the senate process allow and amendment that would at least purport to increase border security. that would be a fig leaf and allow everyone say, hosanna, the border is secure now, let's come on board. >> heather:, fig leaf? >> he may be the son of cuban political prisoner. i'm married whose someone who father was a political prisoner. he is in a sense that it's too liberal for him and many people and house version of immigration reform is going to be more conservative. i am hoping the bill that comes out of the house of representatives will be type of legislation that ted crews can support. just because they can't support that version don't assume they are against it.

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the teenager in self-defense but prosecutors are expected to say zimmerman singled out martin and confronted him. rachel self-and robert joins us a defense attorney and former prosecutor. robert, judge made a critical ruling on the eve of trial essentially saying, yes, lawyers you can introduce the 911 call placed by a neighbor. but i'm not going to allow you put a voice recognition expert on the witness stand to say whose voice it is. right ruling? >> i think so. judge had a number of witnesses testify in regards to the scientific reliability and means that were done to create these experts' evidence they would testify to. i think it is the right decision and win for the defense team that the experts won't be allowed to come in and say that trayvon martin is heard on the tape almost begging for

mercy. >> gregg: rachel, if these jurors can figure out who is screaming they might be able to figure out who is attacking whom. here is the 911 call. i'll get your reaction. >> gregg: here is the problem its scream, not a consistent voice pattern that is normal. you can't easily track it on computer with algorithms and background noise, it's not clear and third of all, so brief. longest one is only three seconds. did the judge rule correctly? >> i believe the judge did rule correctly. there is a standard here that is set up by the case of galber that says it needs to be scientifically

reliable. in these cases, the judge is gatekeeper. the standards are clear. this seems like it might have been junk science. this type were there other experts that were able to analyze it? is it generally accepted science? there are standard under gabber but the best evidence is the people that know the voices to stand up and say that is my son. >> gregg: and zimmerman if he takes the witness stand. let's get to the heart of the iron. zimmerman claims he was the one who was attacked by martin and that he feared for his life. here is the jury instruction that these six jurors will be relying on. we'll put it on the screen. a person is justified in the use of deadly force who does not have a duty to retreat if he reasonably believes such force is necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm to himself. key word, robert, is

reasonably believed. that is very subjective standard, isn't it? what is reasonable to me may not be reasonable to you? >> right. what reasonable may not be reasonable to the six women sitting in judgment. it's going to be zimmerman's testimony as to what happened that day. with him with regards to whether he was fear in great bodily harm. another big thing, he suffered injuries. they have photos of it. there is no-no refuting that. prosecution can't say he didn't suffer any injuries at the hands of trayvon martin. >> gregg: here a particular photograph. on the back of his head. you see a gash and blood. is that consistent with his claim that he was on the ground, martin is on top of him and slamming his head into the concrete? >> yes, but also consistent with two other witnesses who say that they saw somebody that might have

been trayvon martin on top of him. let's not forget to other two standard ground rules. you need to have lawfully present and engaged in lawful activity. >> gregg: so was he engaged in lawful activity. >> if he was provoking an attack and this is what the case is going to hinge on. if he was not engaged in lawful activity and provoked martin first, standard ground is going to apply. i find it interesting --. >> gregg: but it's waived by the defense here. they are going with a pure self-defense. robert, as to rachel's pointed, this is private community. they have an organized watch program of which zimmerman was a parted and engaged in that night. it's not against the law or improper in any way, is it,

to report 911 suspicious activity? >> absolutely not. they have a neighborhood watch. he was part of that watch. he called 911 to report the suspicious behavior. one thing i would point out the benefit of prosecution the 911 operator told him to stop following him. law enforcement was coming and that will be a huge hurdle for them to get over. >> gregg: we'll wait and see it begins tomorrow morning with opening statements. thags very much. >> heather: still to come, you might wonder if our extradition treaty with hong kong is worth the paper it is written on after snowden makes a dash to russia. coming up our panel will talk about what should be done about it. ifou

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>> heather: america's extradition treaty with hong kong may look like it's up in smoke after they allowed snowden to skip out to russia and refused our request to send him back to the united states. the journalist who wrote about the disclosure of u.s. government snooping slam be the obama administration. >> the obama administration has been engaged in an unprecedented war against whistleblowers who bring transparency to what they are doing. he believes it is vital he stay out of the clutch of the u.s. government because of the record of the obama administration of people who disclose wrongdoing as what political officials are doing. he is head to the a democratic country that will grant asylum from the persecution. >> heather: where does the case go from here? snowden, is he a traitor or is

he a hero and a whistle blower? >> it is hard to answer that question until we know what he reveal. i didn't know what state secrets were revealed or what he signed. i would tend more toward hero but he is a whistleblower hero more than a criminal. obviously, some laws must have been broken because he clearly broke some employment agreement. we do not know what that was. we do not know what was revealed that has so far damaged the intelligence capability of the country. >> heather: we know the documents previously leaked by snowden revealed the n.s.a. has amounts to data including facebook and google that is under a government program known as prism and charged with espionage and theft of government property. but we do not know all of the information that he has. the head of the n.s.a. agency says what snowed were has revealed has caused irreversible

and significant damage to our country and our allies. what do you think? >> who cares if he spree lated the employment agreement, the first oath when he was serving our country is to defend the constitution of the united states from enemies foreign and domestic so he should be absolutely pardoned and the president should celebrate what snowden has done. this president campaigned on strengthening whistleblower protection laws and in five years he has used the espionage act against whistleblowers twice as many as all presidents come bind. he did not give information to then miff what the u.s. government but to the american people about what the u.s. government is doing to us. he should be celebrated. >> heather: he gave an interview on june telephone to the newspaper in china where he talked of the united states hacking into cell phones there and two universities

specifically. how is that looking out for citizens here in the united states? >> guest: like that is news. it is not like he went to al-qaeda and said we are tracking your phone calls and it will make it easier for you to bomb someone in america. he went to the american people and said, this is what your government is doing to you, violating year fourth amendment right. that is of the utmost priority. the government has not told us why they track all of our phone calls. >> heather: alan, in terms of our relationship with other countries and what happened in china, he was in hong kong, do you think beijing was involved in what does this do with our relationship with them? >> it is harmful because we do not know what was violated. they say the request for extra decision was not properly done. i would like to know what that was done. we do not have enough information to make statements.

obama administration expanded whistle blowing protection so there is good and bad. >> heather: mike? >> guest: if hitler had the technology and capability in 1933 that the n.s.a. has not a single jewish person would have made it out of germany alive. >> that is over-the-top statement. over the top. >> heather: we will wrap up but we have more on this story with the latest as it continues to develop, the hunt for snowden, across the globe. can become major victories. i'm phil mickelson, pro golfer. when i was diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis, my rheumatologist prescribed enbrel for my pain and stiffness, and to help stop joint damage. [ male announcer ] enbrel may lower your ability to fight infections. serious, sometimes fatal events including infections, tuberculosis,

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>> heather: snowden fled from the hiding spot in hong kong and traveling to russia but it could be the first step in his odyssey

to his escape from the american government. >>gregg: he boarded aeroflot plane in hong kong and reached now today. the united states has since revoked the passport of snowden hoping to cut off any further routes to the rest of the world. but ecuador is a possible destination much the foreign minister of the south american company now saying that the man who opened the window on government snooping has applied for asylum. >> heather: chief intelligence count catherine her ridge is in washington. >>reporter: the state department is not commenting directly but issued a statement confirming that in cases such as the n.s.a. leakers where an american citizen is facing criminal charges, it is customary to pull the united states passport so the suspect "should not be allowed to proceed in any further

international travel other than is necessary to return him to the united states." we believe snowden is at the white house airport telling fox news today that it is possible the russians will choose not to arrest snowden citing the fact that he is in transit and has not been processed by russian immigration or customs officials. the group wikileaks and the founder who has a long-standing relationship with ecuador confirming they are help him at his request. "the wikileaks legal team and i are interested in preserving his rights and protecting him as a person. what is being done to mr. nodeen and assange for making disclosures is an assault again the people." since june of last year, assange has been inside the ecuadoran embassy in london where he has been granted diplomatic asylum. >> heather: catherine, do we expect there will be more leaks?

>>reporter: we do. a spokesman for the nation's intelligence chief, director of national intelligence, confirming to fox news they do expect snowden to have more documents and that there will be more leaks planned that are damaging to national security interests. early today the head of the house foreign affairs committee spoke with fox news of this fact. >> if this is a guy who dresses himself off as the white knight, that knight is rusty and looking really bad because that information will be used against us and he will be compromising national security so shame on him for what he is doing. >>reporter: snowden, through "the guardian" and "washington post" has leaked less than a dozen documents but the information has been portrayed intelligence gathering in a negative light. the head of the n.s.a. explaining this morning that the impact on the sunday talk shows. >> what snowden has revealed has

caused irreversible and significant damage to our country and to our allies. on friday, we pushed to congress, over 50 cases where these contributed to the understanding and in many cases, disruption of terrorist plots. >>reporter: a former intelligence official told fox news when asked of the number of documents taken by snowden it is believed huge. >> heather: thank you, katherine. now our that treaty with ecuador and the united states that was signed in 1872. the treaty was signed in september of 1939, entering into force in may of 1941 and this

could be important for the snowden case, the treaty says that it is not applicable to crimes or offenses of a political nature. >>gregg: former south africa president mandela appears to be taken a turn for the worse. the office of the south africa president saying that over the last 24 hours, mandela's condition has become "critical." doctors are doing everything they can to get his condition to improve. the icon is 94. hospitalized on june 8. he has had a recurring lung infection and has been in intensive cave since. we will continue to monitor his condition. we will bring you all of the latest developments as we get them. >> immigration reform is center stage this week on capitol hill. the not is hoping to pass a bill before the 4th of july recess.

a key test vote is actually scheduled for tomorrow. peter doocy has more from washington, dc. >> republicans are split in the senate about whether or not comprehensive immigration reform is good for the country. the latest amendment to the bill added $40 billion in new border enforcement but senator lee thinks which bill would provide a pathway to citizenship to legal immigrants tries to do too much at once. >> they promised under this bill illegal immigration would be a thing of the past. it won't. c.b.o. told us this week that ten years from now we will have six million to eight million illegal immigrants in the country. >> but the senator thinks the immigration bill will pass the senate and it will likely have the support of the republican league, senator graham, who says it could be great for their party's future. >> i want to get reattached to the hispanic community and pass comprehensive immigration reform and grow this party. the party has to be bigger than

utah and south carolina. the hispanic community is very close to our hearts but we have driven them away. >> a prominent democrats takes issue with the finer points but still believes it has value. >> it is not the bill i would write but it is truly a compromise between the democrats and the republicans that fix our broken immigration system. the big loser, if we don't get immigration reform, is america. >> tomorrow at 5:30 p.m. in washington, dc, the senate is scheduled to hold a vote whether or not to continue debate on this immigration bill. that could mean a final vote later this week. >>gregg: thank you, peter doocy. at the top of the hour the entire immigration debate interview with republican senators graham and mike lee with christmas wallace at 6:00 p.m. eastern right here on the fox news channel. >> heather: storms are ripping

through southwestern wisconsin leaving behind floodwaters. jap necessary -- janice design has the latest. >> there will be flooding and severe weather. the radar images across the upper midwest and the great lakes, still seeing a lot of rain and the potential of hail and damaging wind but look at how much rain we have received in the lat -- last four hours. in wisconsin, over almost a foot of rain stretching into minnesota and iowa. unfortunately, we will see more rain in the forecast with flash flood watches and warnings are posted for all of the vulnerable spots in the new work week, a new risk, again, foe more flooding. the potential for severe weather exists in the midwest and for new england, as well. we have a severe thunderstorm

watch issued for vermont, new hampshire, and maine. we have large hail and damaging wind up to 70 miles per hour. back, then, across the midwest again where we have the line of thunderstorms moving into illinois and with that the potential for severe thunderstorm warnings. the threat continues through the evening and overnight for parts of the central plains, up toward the great lakes, with the flash flooding threat the areas that received 6 to 12" in the last 48 hours, that threat exists again on monday in the same areas. it is very warm and it feels like summer so that only just arrived but 90-degree heated for a lot of folks across the northern plains and northwest where we have the cooler temperatures and the rest of the country, though, sizzling and 90's pushing into kansas city and new york at 92 for monday, and into tuesday, our first official 90-degree day arriving tomorrow for new york.

mosquitoes? >>gregg: trust me you don't want to see that. that would be ugly. >> tornadoes? >>gregg: no. no. eastwood said a man has to know his limits. thanks. >> heather: thanks, janice. >>gregg: new information now on the death of actor beloved "soprano" star will be held at the largest cathedral at st. john the divine in new york. the family spokesman saying today that the plans are in place and he is thanking the many supporters. take a listen. >> we are now looking hopefully at getting the remains back to the united states tomorrow. the provisional land is to

depart rome tomorrow afternoon and arrive in the united states in the evening. we, the family, would like to thank the u.s. government, especially secretary john kerry and our friends at the state department, for helping us if this time of need. our express thanks to the people in italy for working day and night on our behalf. >>gregg: he died suddenly after suffering a heart attack while on vacation in italy. he was just 51 years old. >> heather: coming up, brand new details on the criminal investigation involving hernandez and police were back at his massachusetts home for a second time and why. >>gregg: a cherished sweet treat from childhood making a delicious come back. >> heather: breaking details as we track down the movements of snowden around the world.

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>>gregg: and now the headlines, the jury in the george zimmerman trial beginning the sequestration tonight with opening statements tomorrow. george zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of 17-year-old trayvon martin. new details surrounding hernandez. police are searching the massachusetts home if a second time. the patriots player is being voted in connection with the murder of a semi pro football player. >> hostess twinkies come back. you can find the treats back on the shelves going july 15. the company is up and running under new owners after going bankrupt last year over a labor dispute. get out your draws. put them in there and suck out all that creamy stuff.

>> love it. love it. >> heather: troubling new information of the workforce. unemployment has been high but now a new study from the society for human resource management shows it isn't just a sluggish jobs market that is to blame. the survey found a lot of the college graduates are just not qualified for the jobs that are available. almost half of human resource officials who were polled say that the college graduates they have interviewed lack bake english skills in grammar and spelling. 18 percent column -- come up short in math and english and 10 percent have a lack of reading comprehension. 20 percent say the graduates were underqualified for the job opening. anchor of bulls & bears joining us to talk about all of this.

how is this happening? why are the graduates not prepareed? >> you can have two yacht students next to each other and they text. they do not need to spell or have grammar and you have spell check so you don't have to do the hard work. my kids are on me for saying why do you care so much agout -- about grammar. if you go to a job interview and you say just between you and i rather than just between you and me they will know you don't have the communication skills you may need for a job. those are some -- technology has contributed to a lot of this. >> heather: on twitter you have to get it to 130 characters or less, so people are taking out words and intentionally trying to figure out a way to get the thought across.

>> brevity is for, but, you are right, when you are texting there is no -- it is ttyl. all of that. >> heather: what do they need to do to get a foot up when it comes to the job market? >> care about grammar. another complaint by teens, why do i have to know this math in the truth is, you will use it and you may have to use it in a job particularly jobs that are open today. the most jobs that are really out there are foe engineers and computer technicians and for skilled workers like welders or plumbers, those are not the graduates that are coming out of school. they are mainly liberal arts major and it is hard to find a job when you do not have a particular skill. >> heather: the jobs to be filled, 71 percent, mostly, mostly full time jobs; 13

percent are contract jobs; 11 percent are heart -- part time jobs; 6 percent is a combination. >> the group of graduates ahead of those coming out of college today and they have been unemployed for six years. they have been through the recession and living in their parents' basement and getting the skills to try to get the jobs. this makes the competition even more brutal. for a group of americans who have unemployment rate in the 20's. >> heather: a last people are still looking if jobs. some of the parents are cloud, as well. thank you so were, brenda. again, you can check brenda on "bulls & bears" on saturday morning at 10:00 a.m. eastern right here. >>gregg: some hotel taking a cue from the airlines in cutting

back on customer frills. this is an effort to save money and boost profit in a down economy. room service is one amenity on the chopping block. and now from new york city we have more on that. >>reporter: gone are $40 hamburgers. more and more hotels are cutting back on the luxury of room service. consumers have opened the door to what the hotel industry calls "limited" service and a trend that is expanding and most recently, the hilton midtown has gone a step further saying because of a decline in room service, it will no longer be offered to the 2,000 rooms starting in august. while the hospitality industry has been rebounded since 2009 recession and people are traveling, experts say budgets are still tight.

>> the budgets are still constrained and keeping spending for other things. they have to pay for the room. they may not be able to get the other services. >> another survey asked what people most wished would become standard with their stay? 66 percent said free wi-fi and only 2 percent said room service was a must when choosing a hotel for leisure travel. >> service is an important aspect of travel, but for more tells, it is what kind of service. travelers are looking for more customized and they like the idea of "on demand." people want high-end coffee makers, free bottles of water, and free breakfast, even. the hotels are just trying to keep up with the times and the moratory house consumer, do you ever order out of the mini bar in >>gregg: i don't ever go to hotels, i have a blow up

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>> heather: now time for the top of the news. snowden is headed to ecuador to seek asylum according to wikileaks. snowden was hiding in hong kong since leaking information on the government's secret surveillance program. new violence spilling over from the civil war into lebanon with throw soldiers killed in street clashes in one of lebanon's southern cities. former south africa president mandela taking a turn for the worse. the 94-year-old has been hospitalized for two weeks. his condition has become "critical." >> with tourists forced out of a colorado town by a massive wildfire as the flames growing

overnight with hundreds told to get out. it could be days before they get the okay to return. and now from los angeles, we have the latest. will? >>reporter: right now there are more than a dozen fires burning in colorado. think of that. more than a dozen. the biggest is in southwest colorado. so far it has burned more than 70,000 acres. it is also threatening southern tourist areas forcing 1,500 to evacuate. authorities say they are doing everything they can to make sure that no homes or structures burn. >> in talking to the operations folks, it is successful when we have not lost a life or someone's home or done damage to private property. that is the key thing to keep in mind here. it will be a long-term event. what specifically that means, that is what they plan to

evaluate the next several days. >>reporter: 500 firefighters battle the place and they is brought in the national guard to fight the fire from the air but the conditions are not helping. it is dry. it is hot. there is lots of wind and the worse parts for the people is the trees have been killed by a betle infestation so they more likely to be burned. >> heather: thank you, will, from los angeles. >>gregg: president obama getting a taste of the summer doldrums. the poll numbers are really going down, staying down, and look at the latest real clear politics polling average, an average. 46 percent say the president is doing a good job. 49 percent say he is not. bringing in our political

insiders, john leboutillier, former republican congressman from new york, and pat caddell former pollster for president jimmy carter, and doug schoen a form pollster for bill clinton. so he is underwater and going in the wrong direction but if you look at a couple of the categories, the kids under 30 30...17 points he has lost among those and with independents he has taken a beating. >> it is a combination of the economy and the n.s.a. scandal has hurt him with with independents, they tend to be performance-oriented and if you look this week at what happened at the g-8 or with president putin and, now, this week, today with mr. snowden going to now and headed to ecuador all the while syria is effectively under the control of the russians, we

are losing and losing big internationally. bottom line, no surprise the poll figures you cited. >>gregg: do people feel this is a president would doesn't really lead and may not have the skills of leadership? >> the issues, 8 percent think they are important, immigration and gun control, but my theme of this is the contempt for the american people going to africa and spending $100 million according to the "washington post" and the white house tours are closed and we have mueller testifying from the i.r.s. and did not nea who was investigating. washington has an attitude of contempt. $70 million to paid as hush money by the new ating director of the i.r.s. >>gregg: with all of the scandals is he approaching lame duck status in this case?

>> and he is weakening and has less power. we are talking the deterioration of the obama presidency. where is the republican alternative? did we hear a word about n.s.a. this week? the i.r.s.? benghazi? no. they spent their time on the floor debating a late-term abortion bill that passed the house of representatives but it will not be brought up in the senate. they knew that. they spent their energy on that to assuage their base rather than capitalize on the president's weakness. if a republican president was in trouble none of us believe a democratic congress would let him off the hook. >>gregg: it is not just in america but he give as big speech in berlin that proves not to be big at all. the crowd wasn't very big and anemic crowd and the speech was according to critics, delivered very, very poorly and there appear to be either apathy or disdain or disinterest.

>> we have the specter of the president talking about the need to eliminate nuclear weapons when the russians and the chinese are arming and the russians are upgrading their nuclear arms and he goes to ireland and says we need a model in syria like northern ireland but it doesn't play overseas, it doesn't play at home, and this is a presidency that is close to lame duck status. >>gregg: and you see the president sitting with putin and it is an awful picture, two people not connecting, so much for resetting of relations, but is putin eating his lunch over syria? >> it is contempt, putin has contempt for obama. he is winning. obama is losing and obama is saying we will get together and have a conference and he is saying, no, why would i do that and he will say we -- it is just

all of that. >>gregg: i want to jump to the i.r.s. and we have a couple of polls on this. decision by the i.r.s. to target conservatives. 70 percent think it came from washington and you not buying the business of a couple of low-level folks in cincinnati and you look at the polls and ask who? 29 percent say from the white house from the washington, dc i.r.s. and 41 percent israel from the white house. >> what is the deal? >> i cannot speak for him but it does not seem he is eager. why do they not have select committees appointed and at work on the i.r.s. thing and benghazi in the benghazi one has been called for by a majority of the republican con conference and he still won't do it.

>> and the small business fear of the i.r.s., here the i.r.s. has been pervasive but look at the numbers. >> the numbers are pervasive with 61 percent conservative speaking to a larger issue we have been talking about which is the fear the american people have. there is the i.r.s., there is intrusion through the n.s.a., this is journalist like rosen being investigated unfairly. in america, we have traditional liberties and freedoms and they are eroded. >>gregg: and f.b.i. director mueller goes to capitol hill and does not know who is appointed to investigated. >> they are not serious. when the f.b.i. guy and the justice guy said i owe you a beer it is about how we are fooling the country. part of the republican party is you have two-thirds of americans who believe in multiple polls that the government is a direct

threat to their freedom and they not only have lost trust but are afraid of the government. >>gregg: when the president's new appointee to clean up the i.r.s. announced $70 million in bonuses. >> it is part of the same thing but here is a big picture thought if us. conservatives, not republicans, reserves for decades have wanted against the power of a large federal government that is out of control. we have a reeljected president who does not have to run again running amok in the irs, the epa, the n.s.a., and coughing up benghazi, god knows what else we will find out with other scandals and republicans as pat pointed out, they are part of the problem. the image of republicans is at an historical low. >>john: do you hear republicans talking about that? that the government is the enemy

of the people? >> pat: the government problem means there is a problem because the message that people want to hear they are not getting. >>gregg: we will talk about a massachusetts special election on tuesday for a senate seat pitting an up and coming republican against a long-term career politician, the democratic nominee. which candidate, then, has the inside edge? our political insiders with their predictions after the break. ♪

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ecuador. anti-government protest in turkey is violent again after a quiet week. police firing tear gas and water cannons at hundreds of protesters as they try to break up the crowds returning to the central square in istanbul. >> a giant panda in china giving birth to twins yesterday. >>gregg: voters in massachusetts go to the polls on tuesday for a special election to replace the senate seat left by the resignation by john kerry pitting a republican against democrat ed markey, a long-term congressman. the state has been safe extra deli for republicans but go necessary is staking a middle ground that could proof popular^. >> i believe in gay marriage, for the immigration reform and

we need to have more, i am green republican and i believe in global warming and we have something to do with it. we need to have expanded back ground. check. i am ashamed only four republicans voted for this. the n.r.a. is wrong, there are a lot of areas i don't agree with the republican party. >>gregg: doug, you cannot go anywhere in massachusetts if you are a republican unless you are at least a moderate or liberal republican. >> he certainly sounds like a liberal a republican as you can get today. he is trailing in the average by slightly more than ten points. he doesn't have the support from the national republicans that scott brown got when he won. it will be a democratic victory not so were the democrats are closing ranks but the republicans don't have it. >>gregg: scott brown at this point in time in his campaign

was trending upward and close. >> pat: we saw a soundbite and gomez is talking about why three is not typical republican. but ed markey is say this is a political class problem. the poll had businessmen with 100 employees or less, and they are afraid if they talk prosecutes they will were pures cuted by the i.r.s. he has no message. >>gregg: the interesting thing is there could be voter apathy at a summer-time special election. >>john: that is the best thing for gomez. scott brown was dynamite and this fellow is not that good. on paper he seems great. navy seal, successful

businessman. but no message and he is lack laws step, scott brown had real juice in 2010 but most will not know on tuesday there is an election and maybe there will be a skewed town out. it does happen. that's the best chance gomez has. >>gregg: markey is a skilled politician and he was a lawyer if five years in the statehouse and united states house of representatives, a long-time career politician, not exactly mr. excitement. >> the mistake the democrats made in 2010 in massachusetts they did not rally behind her quickly enough with in limit of money. >>gregg: there is biden. >> the party is behind markey and the state 2-1 or 3-1 democratic and have not elected a republican other than scott brown for a long time. >>gregg: if gomez is one or

two points and loses republicans can take a win from that. >> pat: and they have not supported him or helped him the way they did others because they are still a party in retreat mentality. this is what the democrats capitalize on. they have a weak candidate who has very high negatives been in congress 37 years and with biden, between the two of them it is 100 years so... >> >>john: the republican party doesn't like what gomez has said. >>gregg: gentleman, thank you so much. catch political insiders on monday every monday at foxnews.com. they will be back next sunday and follow them on twitter. >> still to come, baby boomers set to strain the medicare

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>>gregg: the baby boomers are facing a host of health problems from depression to obesity and heart disease. >> heather: treating the diseases takes costly prescriptions so is there a bay to keep the huge demographic and expanding health issues from taking an expensive toll on the medicare system? we will bring in practicing internist and faculty member with new york university school of medicine. so, what are the consequences and the costs, first, of tackling obestiy?

>> guest: 60 percent of people are overweight and obesity is now called a disease, but we know that obesity contributes to high blood pressure, heart disease, depression, cancer. untreated oh boast is going to result in increased costs across the board so that and smoking are the number one and two health hazards. >>gregg: and late life depression? >> guest: that affects the quality of life, depression. in the elderly white male, very high thoughts of suicide so depression. you want to live longer or better but depression affects both. hit hit and prescription drugs come into play and 70 percent of americans are taking at least one prescription dug? >> guest: they are going to be on something for high cholesterol or have high blood pressure, as 90 percent of the people 55 and older have high

blood pressure and you have depression and arthritis and it is common to have not only one chronic illness but multiple. if you lower the cost those expensive and there is a collateral damage to every medicine. but like statins they affects muscle and exercise. however much i might like antidepressant it contributes to obestiy. the drugs have a price. we are in some ways, our successes are we have come up with great medications and great treatments, heart transplant, kidney transplant, but our greatest failure is we have not prevented the diseases. we are just so happy as to how many diseases we have treated opposed to how many we have prevented. >>gregg: and we have talked about lipitor, the prescription of choice for a great many american.

>> guest: there are been 150,000 or more people involved in the trial. if you have underlying health disease the drugs will reduce the likelihood of sudden death, further heart attacks, and maybe strokes. there is in question every cardiologist would describe it. if you have in history of heart feed and just high cholesterol that is where the question is although the study suggests it is a good idea but at what cost? if you have no hisd of heart disease and you are given statins across the country you have to street 500 people to prevent one person from having an event. you are worth -- you will find it worthwhile if you are that person. >>gregg: and fox news with chris wallace is coming up next and don't forget to check out the super moon today, about 12

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>>chris: immigration reform, and a deal would mean more patrols and more fences and more money along the southern border. we are investing resources. chris opponents are not moved. >> if they insist upon legalization first before border security, the bill is not going do pass the house of representatives. >>chris: we will discuss immigration reform and the split in the g.o.p. with a member of the gone of an, senator graham and senator mike